Chinese Hackers Break In U.S. Military and Government Systems: Is This War?

China's action on U.S. soil can be construed as warfare....not the kind we think of from the movies. Rather, China is practicing a new kind of warfare, and soft, covert, and unrestricted warfare. While America sleeps to news of drug ridden supermodels, Chinese Black Operations are rendering the U.S. Defenseless. When will the U.S. Respond?

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The fact that hackers are directly breaking into military and government computers spotlights the soft underbelly in U.S. cybersecurity. The attacks also underline the need for the federal government to develop policies that define responsibilities between the public and private sectors to fend off hackers and terrorists, say military officials.

Chinese hackers were most likely behind an intrusion in November that disabled the Naval War College's network, forcing it to disconnect from the Internet for several weeks, says Lt. Cmdr. Doug Gabos, a spokesman for the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command in Norfolk, Va.

Forensic analysis indicates the hackers may have sought information on war games in development at the naval college, he said. The college was vulnerable because it did not have the latest security protections, Gabos said.

The November attack was part of an ongoing campaign by Chinese hackers to penetrate government computers.